Wearables

Wearables

1. Do you need...

   • High-Res graphics display
     • Raspberry Pi Zero
   • nope
     • Do you need to...
       • Connect to the Internet
         • Okay you need Wi-Fi
         • Particle Photon
           • Wifi included
         • Arduino MKR1000
           • Wifi Included
         • Adafruit Feather Huzzah
           • with ESP8266 Wifi
       • Connect to smartphone or computer
         • Bluetooth is a good standard for wearables. BLE (Bluetooth 4.0) comes standard with smartphones and new-ish laptops. Pre-2012 laptops will need a BLE usb dongle to work.
         • Adafruit Flora + Bluetooth module
         • Lightblue Bean
         • Adafruit Feather Bluefruit
       • Send and receive text messages
         • Teensy + Adafruit FONA
           • FONA is a cellular GSM addon-on that works with any Arduino-type board
         • Particle Electron
           • Wi-Fi Cellular GSM included with custom low-cost data plan
       • nope
         • Do you want to sew together your circuit?
           • Yes!
             • Arduino Lilypad USB
             • Adafruit Flora
             • Arduino Gemma
           • No, why would I want to?
             • Adafruit Feather MO
             • Teensy
             • Adafruit Trinket
   • Run a web browser
   • Video or camera output
   • Run a desktop application